U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Freight Policy and Movement...

U.S. Department of CommerceInternational Trade Administration

Freight Policy and Movement Subcommittee

Recommendation

Improving U.S. Supply Chain Competitiveness through Freight

Policy

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness

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Introduction

• The Subcommittee has adopted the following recommendation

• The Subcommittee recommends that the Advisory Committee approve and forward it to the Secretary of Commerce, for distribution to the Administration and appropriate Federal agencies

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Subcommittee Recommendation

• Use supply chain performance measures when making public policy and investment decisions

• Use travel time, travel time reliability, and cost as the key measures of supply chain performance

• Develop analytical tools to measure end-to-end supply chain performance, and information dissemination mechanisms to deliver this to stakeholders

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Subcommittee Recommendation

• Use supply chain performance measures at theo Industry leveloMetropolitan leveloState and multijurisdictional leveloNational level, and oNorth American level

to make strategic investment decisions that improve U.S. supply chain competitiveness

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Next Steps

• If Committee consensus is reached today, the recommendation will be further reviewed during the next Subcommittee call (scheduled for late July 2014)

• The final version of the recommendation will be presented for Committee discussion and deliberation at the next Committee meeting (scheduled for September 11, 2014)

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